UC's impact — public investment at work 
Week of May 12, 2008
Leading California forward
The University of California is training tomorrow’s leaders, creating jobs, providing quality health care and researching issues critical to the state’s future.
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Looking out for California
A new Web site tells the story of how UC is leading the way forward for all Californians - improving the quality of life through countless contributions to agriculture, science, health, technology, arts and culture, public safety and the environment.
"Spending on higher education is really an investment for California, and that these dollars really have a huge return for our economy."
-- Michele Siqueiros, executive director, Campaign for College Opportunity
Detailing impact of cuts
The UC, California State University and the state’s community college systems have not yet recovered from cuts that stemmed from the dot-com crash. Higher education would suffer a second major blow in six years if the state adopts the cuts proposed in this year’s budget, a Campaign for College Opportunity study says.
Speaking up: Students protest cuts
It’s not just university leaders who are expressing concerns about the proposed budget cuts. More than 2,000 students participated April 21 in a statewide “Day of Action” to build support for investing in higher education. The coalition that organized that event, Students for California’s Future, held another event May 19.
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Find out more about how UC is leading California forward.
Latest budget news
- UC Regents approve plans to trim enrollment, freeze senior management pay as part of response to state budget challenge
- Summary of governor's 2009-10 budget proposal for UC (pdf)
- UC President Mark G. Yudof statement on governor's 2009-10 state budget proposal
- UC President Mark G. Yudof: Our future: human capital
- Making the case for UC
- UC Office of the President cuts budget more than $60 million
- Governor's mid-year cuts include new reduction for UC
- UC Regents approve final budget for 2008-09
Did you know?
- Nearly 400,000 jobs in California are dependent on UC operations – about 2% of the state’s total. UC is expected to have a hand in creating more than 2 million California jobs this decade (2002-11).
- If 2% more Californians had associate’s degrees and another 1% more earned bachelor’s degrees, California’s economy would grow by $20 billion, our state and local tax revenues would increase by $1.2 billion a year, and 174,000 new jobs would be created.
- For every $1 the state invests in a student’s higher education, the state’s economy receives a $3 net return on investment.
Resources
- UC's impact: key points (pdf)
- 2009-10 budget process for UC (pdf)
- Discussion of 2009-10 budget issues (pdf)
- Funding higher education: An investment in California's economy (pdf)
- Campaign for College Opportunity issues report on impact of higher education cuts to California
- UC, CSU, CCC leaders: Invest in public higher education (pdf)
- UC Academic Senate’s report on impact of proposed budget cuts (pdf)
- Student fee fact sheet (pdf)
- 2009-10 governor's proposed state budget
- Archived budget information
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